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Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (1 Dec 2011)

Joan Burton: The person concerned should contact her local social welfare office as soon as her VTOS course ends in order to establish her entitlement to jobseeker's payments. She should contact the local DSP office administering supplementary welfare in relation to those entitlements.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (1 Dec 2011)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that no appeal, by the person concerned, was received by that office. The Social Welfare Appeals Office functions independently of the Minister for Social Protection and of the Department and is responsible for determining appeals against decisions on social welfare entitlements.

Inter-Country Adoptions (1 Dec 2011)

Joan Burton: I am taking this matter, which is of great interest to many Members, on behalf of the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Deputy Fitzgerald, and I thank Deputy McCarthy for raising it. There was a fundamental change to adoption in Ireland with the commencement of the Adoption Act 2010 and the coming into force of the Hague Convention on the Protection of Children and Co-operation in...

Inter-Country Adoptions (1 Dec 2011)

Joan Burton: I will ask my colleague, the Minister, Deputy Fitzgerald, to give urgent consideration to the meeting Deputy McCarthy suggests with the Irish people interested in adopting from Ethiopia. As I stated in the detailed reply, there is much work ongoing arising from the entering into force of the 2010 Adoption Act. Also, Ireland has finally, after long years of discussion, signed up to the Hague...

Employment Support Services (1 Dec 2011)

Joan Burton: I thank Deputy Ó Caoláin for raising this important issue in general and in particular for his constituent. Earlier this year, the Government announced its jobs initiative, which was a major step in helping to get Ireland back on the road to recovery. The Government's aim was to begin the process of restoring confidence in Ireland's economy, but also restoring hope and confidence in the...

Employment Support Services (1 Dec 2011)

Joan Burton: I will bear in mind what the Deputy has said. We got the go-ahead for the scheme under the very stringent conditionality that it related to people on the live register, for reasons I am sure the Deputy appreciates and understands. JobBridge is not for everybody, and I never claimed it was. It is a specific initiative providing 5,000 places over a two year period. It is very heavily...

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (30 Nov 2011)

Joan Burton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 93 and 95 together. The Labour Court recommended in July 2008 that an agreed pension scheme should be introduced for community employment (CE) scheme supervisors and assistant supervisors, and that such a scheme should be adequately funded by FÁS. Notwithstanding the positions of the Department in rejecting that liability for these costs falls to be met from...

Written Answers — Social Insurance: Social Insurance (30 Nov 2011)

Joan Burton: Any proposals of this nature would have to be considered in a budgetary context. Question No. 95 answered with Question No. 93.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Offices: Social Welfare Offices (30 Nov 2011)

Joan Burton: In common with other local offices the length of time it takes to process claims in Limerick varies depending on the complexity of the claim, the availability of the necessary documentation from the applicant or his/her employer and the need to carry out additional enquiries including the assessment of means and whether the claimant satisfies the Habitual Residence Condition. Furthermore,...

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (30 Nov 2011)

Joan Burton: My officials have written to the person concerned for further information on her redundancy claim. The claim will be processed on receipt of this additional material.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (30 Nov 2011)

Joan Burton: The appeal by the person concerned against the decision to refuse an exceptional needs payment for heating oil is currently being considered and a written decision will issue to him shortly.

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (30 Nov 2011)

Joan Burton: My officials have written to the person concerned for further information on his redundancy claim. The claim will be processed on receipt of this additional material.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (30 Nov 2011)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 17 October 2011. It is a statutory requirement of the appeals process that the relevant Departmental papers and comments by the Social Welfare Services on the grounds of appeal be sought. When received, the appeal in question will be referred in due course to an Appeals...

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (30 Nov 2011)

Joan Burton: There are three categories of State pension: · State pension (transition) (SPT), · State pension (contributory) (SPC) and · State pension (non-contributory) (SPNC) The rates of payment for the years 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2002 are as follows: Year State Pension (Contributory)/State Pension (Transition) € State Pension (Non-Contributory) € 1997 99.06 85.73 1998...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (30 Nov 2011)

Joan Burton: On receipt of an appeal from the person concerned against the decision to disallow his application for jobseeker's allowance a full review of the case was carried out, including a referral to an inspector. Following the review, the decision of the deciding officer was upheld and his appeal has now been referred to the social welfare appeals office for determination.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (30 Nov 2011)

Joan Burton: An application for Domiciliary Care Allowance was received on 12 September 2011. This application was referred to one of the Department's Medical Assessors who found that the child was not medically eligible for the allowance. A letter issued on 22 November 2011 advising the customer of the decision.

Written Answers — Budget Submissions: Budget Submissions (30 Nov 2011)

Joan Burton: As part of the deliberative process for Budget 2012, my department will analyse, in so far as possible, the impact of the Budget on poverty and on inequalities likely to lead to poverty prior to the finalisation of the Budget. My department undertook an analysis of the distributive and poverty impacts on families of the Budget 2011 tax and welfare package, in conjunction with the Department...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (30 Nov 2011)

Joan Burton: A redundancy lump sum claim in respect of the person concerned was received on 11 May 2011. However, I understand this person brought a case to the Employment Appeals Tribunal and that an appeals hearing was held on 18 November 2011. When the determination of this appeal is available, the person should forward this to the Redundancy Payments Section of my Department.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (30 Nov 2011)

Joan Burton: In cases where Child Benefit is claimed in Ireland as a result of an entire family arriving from another EU or EEA member state, claims are processed under domestic regulations. Correspondence is issued to the other EU or EEA member state informing them that the claim has been awarded. In cases where one parent is working or in receipt of a benefit in Ireland, and the family are living in...

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (30 Nov 2011)

Joan Burton: Funding is provided to the organisation in question under the Department's scheme of grants for the development and promotion of information and welfare rights. However, this is primarily a budget for once-off funding for the provision of social welfare information and funding available under this vote has been substantially reduced in recent years. As the organisation does not meet the...